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by harpastum 10y ago
It would be awesome if that was something everyone was able to do, but often company policy makes it really hard. I've worked at multiple companies where the red tape involved in having my contribution merged into a public repo was suc
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by harpastum 10y ago
The iPad was and is one of the most successful electronic products ever . It's growth has absolutely slowed down, and is in a slight contraction right now, but it's still selling over 40 million units per year (from a peak of ~70
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by harpastum 10y ago
Nearly zero people get motion sickness in VR if there is no locomotion involved. Sitting still, looking side to side at virtual monitors in front of you will feel great for pretty much everyone. In terms of actually having a viable workstat
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by harpastum 10y ago
VR is inherently antisocial in the same way that the internet and websites are. There is a small amount of value to local social interactions (watching youtube together, playing VR game while friends watch what you're seeing on the TV)
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by harpastum 10y ago
4k per eye would definitely be good enough. Text still wouldn't be crisp and clean, but it would be very readable. VR headsets don't distribute pixels evenly across the entire view-space, the lenses concentrate the pixels toward t
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by harpastum 10y ago
It's not possible for a candidate with zero first preference votes to win [1]. If they have zero first preference votes, they will be eliminated in the first round. Ranked choice doesn't always get the correct result, but it'
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by harpastum 10y ago
As crazy as it sounds, they might not actually go bankrupt even if they continue to lose hundreds of millions per year. They've received $11.5B in total funding. They've averaged $1.6B in funding per year of operation and $4.65B
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by harpastum 10y ago
This is the thread for people that are looking to hire. People looking to be hired should post in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12016570
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by harpastum 10y ago
I don't think you're getting lumped in with the "real bad guys". There is a vast difference between being the source of a problem and failing to help stop a problem. Still, the only way to minimize the effect of the firs
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by harpastum 10y ago
The thrust of the grandparent's point was that if you only stand up if people "have issues" with you, you're leaving a bunch of people behind who don't have the power to defend themselves. If you really haven't
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by harpastum 10y ago
The site looks like it went down. Cache/mirror of the text: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:hmNYN92...
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by harpastum 10y ago
"The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dolla
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by harpastum 10y ago
It looks like Artsy.net is using it, according to this blog post from one of their developers: https://ashfurrow.com/blog/lets-steal-other-developers-best-...
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by harpastum 11y ago
Which prototype? It sounds like you used a DK1, where the SDE (screen door effect) was very pronounced. The DK1's resolution is 1280×800@60hz. The DK2 is 1920x1080@75hz, and the CV1 (subject of OP) is 2160×1200@90hz. I'm sure the
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by harpastum 11y ago
Tesla claims [1] that the 85kWh pack will get 270 miles of range on the 85D (265mi on the 85). 85kWh/270mi = 315Wh/mi. [1] http://www.teslamotors.com/models
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by harpastum 11y ago
You can get refurbished 17" monitors from Newegg for about $50: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824195... If you're using an rPi and don't want to get an adapter, the cheapest HDMI-
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by harpastum 11y ago
Warning: Loud sounds on that website.
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by harpastum 12y ago
For anyone else unfamiliar with the term, I just found this blog post that explains Zak Slayback's understanding of Thiel's indefinite pessimism : http://zakslayback.com/2014/10/07/pessimism-optimis
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by harpastum 12y ago
That's a pretty inflammatory response. Huawei is banned from bidding on US Government Contracts [1]. As a consumer you can definitely keep that in mind, but that "communist produced" comment is a little bit too much Joseph
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by harpastum 12y ago
I think that goes back to identifying adversaries. It's unlikely a criminal would attempt to cut off fingers for access to a random smartphone. If you have secrets that are very valuable, you are outside the standard use case, and shou
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by harpastum 12y ago
I just looked through the study. They controlled for Smoking, Alcohol, Energy Intake, Alcohol Intake, Healthy Eating (via "Healthy Eating Index"), Body Mass Index, and Waist Circumference. Relevant Section: Health-related variabl
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by harpastum 12y ago
This is a good point, but there are also several Uber benefits over car ownership. For example, being able to travel when tired/inebriated. Also, not being late if you have an engine issue or get a flat tire. This article tries to enum
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by harpastum 12y ago
Another example of the same zip code interaction idea, with some pretty UI: http://benfry.com/zipdecode/
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by harpastum 12y ago
That locomotion system is really interesting. Using three rigid legs and vibrating them individually to achieve directed motion. Does anyone have any more information on how that works? Update: I found a paper that describes something sim
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by harpastum 12y ago
The problem with the article's conclusion (and title) is that they don't stop with 100,000 -> 1,000 engineers. "Tomorrow, that billion-dollar startup acquisition might not need an engineer at all." The article's
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by harpastum 12y ago
It's not about being in denial. It's that this argument has been brought up with every advance in the last 40 years. In the early '70s it was "Programming in C will allow anyone to program and commoditize the industry!&q
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by harpastum 12y ago
I'm failing to follow the logic here. The initial point is that "The potential impact of the lone software engineer is soaring". However, the author then takes that to mean that engineers will be less valuable in the future
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by harpastum 12y ago
Are you talking about the "Linode Alert" emails? Those are user-configurable — in the email, they specifically state "This is not meant as a warning or a representation that you are misusing your resources. We encourage you
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by harpastum 12y ago
I understand your point, and I don't want to derail this thread into a discussion on language. However, saying that introducing more governmental regulation is going "full retard" (even if the idea behind it is actually true)
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by harpastum 12y ago
There's an interesting electric scooter that just launched a few months ago called the URB-E: http://urb-e.com

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